Well the question is why can’t PP not hardcode the captions. The thing can be rendered in the preview window so why not giving the option to actually burn it (AND provide a separate caption file )?????
Using In-Design, separate plugins…no thanks, that is just cumbersome. There ARE standards for subtitles files ( STL, SRT, ASS ), so why making it difficult ? Why not using the existing technology and extend Premiere Pro to make it a proper one-stop-shop. Its absolutely beyond me, subtitles will be more and more important in the future, while our videos are growing more and more internationally.
The Title function is good, but old school and very very limited for complex subtitle projects as we all know. We want to work modular with other team members, some sitting on the other side of the world, sometimes working in areas where internet is not fast. So give me a simple, standardized file format that can be read by a broad selection of applications and which I can use for a lot of similar functionalities.
That in 2014 this still needs to be a feature request is a little bit disappointing to be honest.